The European Union (EU) met today and approved the Brexit-deal that many in the United Kingdom (UK) are skeptical about:

November 25, 2018

BRUSSELS — In a bittersweet landmark, European Union leaders gathered Sunday and sealed an agreement on Britain’s departure next year, the first time a member country will have left the 28-nation bloc.

European Council President Donald Tusk says the European Union has approved a Brexit deal with Britain.

Tusk tweeted that 27 EU leaders meeting in Brussels “endorsed the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the future EU-UK relations.”

At a summit in Brussels, the leaders were preparing to endorse a withdrawal agreement that would settle Britain’s divorce bill, protect the rights of U.K. and EU citizens hit by Brexit and keep the Irish border open. They will also rubber-stamp a 26-page document laying out their aims for future relations after Britain leaves at midnight Brussels time March 29.

British Prime Minister Theresa May hailed the deal as the start of a new chapter for Britain, but European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the U.K.’s departure was a tragedy.

“It’s a sad day,” Juncker said as he arrived.

He told reporters that deal was “the best possible,” but the summit “is neither a time of jubilation nor of celebration. It’s a sad moment, and it’s a tragedy.”

May now faces the tough task of selling the deal to a skeptical U.K. Parliament. …

EU, British parliaments

The deal must still be ratified by the European Parliament, something parliament President Antonio Tajani said was likely in January.

More dauntingly for May, it also needs approval from Britain’s Parliament.

May is under intense pressure from pro-Brexit and pro-EU British lawmakers, with large numbers on both sides of the debate opposing the divorce deal and threatening to vote it down when it comes to the House of Commons next month. Brexiteers think it will leave the U.K. tied too closely to EU rules, while pro-Europeans say it will erect new barriers between Britain and the bloc, its neighbor and biggest trading partner. https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-ready-to-endorse-brexit-deal-but-much-work-lies-ahead-/4672850.html

Some in the UK have referred to the current deal as a Brino–BRexit In Name Only–as it still subjects the UK to EU rules, etc. for an indeterminate amount of time, and it has “kicked the can down the street” regarding the border situation between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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After the EU’s endorsement of the deal, it now goes to the UK Parliament for a vote.

Theresa May insisted that her Brexit deal would mean taking back control. But the Gibraltar MEP warns we would actually be giving away the control we had with the EU.

Clare Moody, the Member of the European Parliament for the South West and Gibraltar, told James O’Brien that the deal would leave the Rock would be at the mercy of the Spanish. …

With his tongue firmly placed in his cheek, James said: “But I thought the EU member states had no power at all or control over their own destiny and we’re ridden roughshod over by the Brussels pantechnicon that was piloted by sinister Germans with dreams of reintroducing the fourth Reich?

So, Gibraltar believes it is at risk with this proposed deal–and the reality is that it is.

Should the UK Parliament disapprove the deal, the EU will be even more upset with the UK. If the UK leaves without a deal, that is called a “hard Brexit” and some believe this will cause chaos in the UK and even further upset the Europeans.

The EU leadership is not pleased that the UK voted to leave the EU. One-day, sadly, it will seek and gain revenge (Daniel 8:24-25; 11:39). Gibraltar and Northern Ireland will, no later than during the Great Tribulation, become part of the final emerging European Beast empire.

Now, some have hinted of another option: The UK asks to not leave to EU–that it cancels the Brexit. While this is something UK Prime Minister Theresa May has indicated is not an option, some think that it is:

November 25, 2018

Does Theresa May (The Brexit Prime Minister!) Pose an Existential Threat to Brexit?

No doubt that every Brexiteer on planet Earth has taken it as a threat that Theresa May intends to revoke Great Britain’s Article 50 notification to the European Union if she doesn’t get what she wants.

And extrapolating that for a moment, and as Theresa May is a self-confessed Remainer; Brexiteers must assume that Theresa May is aiming for a BRINO — a Brexit in Name Only agreement.

What other conclusion can be drawn?

The definition of BRINO varies widely depending upon whom you consult; For example, Brexiteers say that BRINO will create a situation whereby (via a weak Brexit agreement) the UK becomes worse-off than if it had stayed within the European Union — many orders of magnitude worse than a Hard Brexit which is what most Brexiteers favour — whereas BRINO to a Remainer means the only difference is that Britons continue to pay Europe’s bills but with less say in EU spending, less say in EU legislation that affects the UK, and Britons will enjoy a more arm’s length relationship with the EU.

Much worse than either of those two options is that Article 50 could be cancelled by Theresa May — especially if you’re the Conservative and Unionist Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which would likely be removed from power at the next election and might not form a government for decades.

The whole Brexit matter is becoming a mess for the UK. Many are unhappy, no matter what happens.

We are in the time that Jesus referred to as the “beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:4-8) and despite the relative calm in the UK now, more troubles are expected:

8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows. (Mark 13:8)

But there will also be times when things appear to be fine (e.g. 1 Thessalonians 5:3; also check out the article The ‘Peace Deal’ of Daniel 9:27). And changes will come.

The two major world leaders, who were not in the UK, that backed the Brexit vote were the USA’s Donald Trump (then a candidate for the President of the United States) and Marine Le Pen (currently a political figure in France).

The time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), also known as the Great Tribulation, is coming. The UK will be affected by it.